Special Session Scheduled for Late November
The Hawaii State Senate will be convening again on November 19-20, 2007, to consider the nomination of Katherine G. Leonard to the Intermediate Court of Appeals.
The Senate will open on Monday, November 19 to officially receive the Governor’s Message, refer it to the Judiciary and Labor Committee, and file the committee report. Final action will be taken on the next day, Tuesday, November 20 at 9 a.m.
The Judiciary and Labor Committee has scheduled a hearing prior to special session on Friday, November 16, 2007, starting
from 9 a.m. in conference room 229 at the Hawaii State Capitol. The hearing notice will provide more specific information.
Leonard is a partner in the law office of Carlsmith Ball LLP and a graduate of the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law.
If confirmed, she would be replacing the seat that once belonged to the Honorable Judge John S. W. Lim. He passed away in June.